For our second day in Brighton, we started with a great audio-guide tour of the Royal Pavilion. This was built as a royal home for George IV. It then ended up being sold by Queen Victoria and used in various capacities, including a hospital for Indian soldiers during WWI. It is now owned by the city which bought it from the government for 56,000 pounds. It is gorgeous — Indian-inspired on the outside and Chinese-themed on the inside. Unfortunately no photos are allowed inside, so you’ll have to take our word that it is worth a visit if you are ever in Brighton.
From the pavilion, we walked through town to the train station to print out our tickets for the next day. The city was hopping! There was a soccer game that day, a triathlon the next, and lots of people in town celebrating various things. We also got a great history of a church that we wandered into, as well as some local history, by one of the church parishioners.
We walked back to the beach to see it during a busy time. It was hopping. We can’t imagine how busy it must get during summer?
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